--- title: "Connect Action Network to Dext - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New person\" fires in Action Network, your agent runs \"Get Client\" in Dext." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/action-network-to-dext" --- # Connect Action Network to Dext When **New person** fires in [Action Network](https://apiant.ai/connections/action-network), your agent runs **Get Client** in [Dext](https://apiant.ai/connections/dext). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Action Network **1** trigger Action Network **6** actions Dext **3** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Action Network and Dext to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Any other MCP client Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Action Network can start in Dext - When **New person** in Action Network then **Get Client** in Dext - When **New person** in Action Network then **Get Client Activity Stats** in Dext Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with Action Network and Dext ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 9 actions - Trigger **New person** Triggers when a new person is added to the Action Network list tied to your API key. - Action **Donate to Fundraiser** Records a donation made on an Action Network fundraising page, adding the donor as a person if they are new. - Action **Find people by email** Finds people on your Action Network list whose email address matches exactly. - Action **List people** Returns the people on the email list connected to your Action Network account, optionally filtered by name, email, phone, location or date. - Action **RSVP for Event** Records a person's RSVP to an Action Network event, adding them as a person if they are new. - Action **Sign Petition** Records a signature on an Action Network petition, adding the signer as a person if they are new. - Action **Subscribe Person** Adds a person to your Action Network email list, or updates them if they already exist, and subscribes them to email. - Action **Get Client** Returns one client's data-health detail: health score, VAT details, debtor metrics and bank reconciliation. - Action **Get Client Activity Stats** Returns a client's rolling annual, monthly-average and quarterly-average activity: turnover and counts of sales, bills, credits, journals and bank transactions. - Action **List Clients** Returns every practice client your Dext Precision token can see, with each client's health score and alert level. ## Each app on its own - [ **Action Network** Action Network is an online organizing tool for progressives, offering actions such as fundraising...](https://apiant.ai/connections/action-network) - [ **Dext** Dext makes accountants and the businesses you look after more productive and profitable through better data...](https://apiant.ai/connections/dext) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Action Network - [ **Action Network to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/action-network-to-hubspot) - [ **Action Network to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/action-network-to-salesforce) - [ **Action Network to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/action-network-to-slack) - [ **Action Network to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/action-network-to-google-sheets) - [ **Action Network to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/action-network-to-gmail) - [ **Action Network to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/action-network-to-google-calendar) ## More into Dext - [ **HubSpot to Dext** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-dext) - [ **Salesforce to Dext** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-dext) - [ **Slack to Dext** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-dext) - [ **Google Sheets to Dext** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-dext) - [ **Gmail to Dext** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-dext) - [ **Google Calendar to Dext** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-dext) Questions ## Action Network and Dext, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Action Network? Any of Action Network's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New person. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Dext when something happens in Action Network? Any of Dext's 3 actions, including Get Client, Get Client Activity Stats and List Clients. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Dext to Action Network? Dext has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Action Network. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Dext's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Action Network or Dext? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use Action Network and Dext without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.